Show colonial jurisdiction Il hinterland Interland Js defined as tile region lying behind a littoral country dependent for trade or commerce upon it As a political term the expression came into prominence during when germany insisted upon lier her right to exercise jurisdiction in tile t territory err behind the parts of the african coasts which slie she occupied tile hie doctrine of the hinterland was that the possessor ot of the littoral was entitled to as much of the back country as was dependent upon the th e coast land geographically econome economically cally or politically the doctrine speedily 6 peet lily led to the partition of africa milo 1 9 the various european powers |